Under the Cap - Dunta Robinson

by orang3b on Mar 16, 2010 9:45 AM EDT

Football Outsiders' JI Halsell (a former Salary Cap specialist for the Washington Redskins) reviews the Mega-Money Free Agent deals of Julius Peppers, Karlos Dansby, Antrel Rolle, and our own Dunta Robinson. While the whole article is a must-read if you're even slightly interested in the business side of the NFL, I thought I'd share the section relevant to Falcons fans (emphasis mine):

Falcons cornerback Dunta Robinson's contract provides a team salary number (formerly known as a cap number) of $12 million in 2010. In subsequent years, his team salary numbers are $6.5 million, $7.75 million, $8.75 million, $10.75 million, and $11.25 million. By giving Robinson a guaranteed roster bonus of $7 million in lieu of a signing bonus of the same amount, the Falcons are taking the full amount of $7 million on their books in the current year instead of doing so over the term of the contract. If Robinson becomes a bust, the club's exposure to higher dead money is mitigated by usage of the roster bonus. The Falcons did a great job of using the uncapped year to mitigate their cap risk in future years while making Robinson the second-highest paid corner in the league along with the Eagles' Asante Samuel (they are both behind Oakland's Nmandi Asomugha).

Just wanted to share bit of good news to offset finding out the team got less than originally reported in the Chris Houston trade.

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Excellent news

Relieved to hear this deal probably won’t hamstring us.

by Dave Choate on Mar 16, 2010 12:14 PM EDT reply actions

Cap Guy?

Does anyone know who are cap guy is and where else he worked?

by millsGT49 on Mar 16, 2010 1:12 PM EDT reply actions

from the Official Site:

Chase Falivene – Salary Cap/Player Personnel Assistant

He apparently was hired in 2008, but I don’t think he had worked in football previously.

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by orang3b on Mar 16, 2010 2:40 PM EDT up reply actions

thank god

i really do like him, but this makes him a little easier to cut when we find ourselves with a 33 year old cornerback on our roster towards the end of the contract that we owe 11 million dollars. (im pretty sure thats a run on sentence)

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by BigSkee on Mar 16, 2010 1:48 PM EDT reply actions

Wow, great use of the uncapped year.

and Mr. Blank is no slouch when it comes to money. Absolutely fantastic job done by the FO to play this card right.

"Ryan, under center. Single receiver set, to either side. Ryan, gonna throw. First professional pass.....CAUGHT!! Jenkins! 30! 25! 20! 15! 10! 5! He lives in Atlanta!!!" -Wes Durham

by Zippo729 on Mar 16, 2010 5:29 PM EDT reply actions